Forget caroling to your next-door neighbors and friends – one local high school choir wished America’s first family a Merry Christmas last week, in the group’s third trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. since President George W. Bush took office. On Dec. 17, the Incarnate Word High School’s Madrigal choir performed in front of visitors and […]
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To some in education, winter vacation means two weeks of no responsibilities, no ringing phones, no inquisitive students and no class bells. But for parents of students on a two-week vacation, finding activities to ensure your child’s break is not a brain drain may be just as demanding as a full-time job. The deadline is […]
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Leadership shifted on the Edgewood Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday night, when the board majority became the board minority. Estefana Martinez became the board president for the first time in her more than 10 years as a trustee. Newly elected trustees Marcelo Montemayor and Tina Morales were voted as the vice president […]
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St. Luke’s Episcopal School has found a replacement for its current head of school, who is moving out of town at the end of this school year. The school’s board announced this week that Mark Reford, who spent 10 years at the prestigious Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., will take the reins at St. […]
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Yesterday I attended a viewing event for a national teleconference on preschool. It was a little like going to a viewing party for a presidential debate (except there weren’t any drinking games and nobody was cheering or yelling at the screen). Washington advocacy group Pre-K Now broadcast the conference nationally, and viewing sites were set […]
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The nation’s students are testing better than before in mathematics but showing little improvement in science scores, according to an international study released today. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study evaluates the math and science performance of students in dozens of countries every four years. The 2007 scores show U.S. fourth and eighth-graders […]
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A press release I received this morning sums up a recent study of the ethics of American youth this way: “There’s a hole in our moral ozone and it’s getting bigger.” In today’s paper, we published a story about the 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth conducted by the Josephson Institute, based […]
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